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October 26, 2006
JSON : XML alternative for the browser.
XML is a boon when it comes to application interoperability, but looses a lot of its appeal when it comes to performance, not to mention it can be a nightmare to process in environments like a browser, to this end, a new alternative to XML is catching on for applications specifically designed for the web : JavaScript object notation (JSON).
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To put it in the simplest terms, JSON is a stripped down XML version catered to the native JavaScript engine included in all browsers. The popularity JSON has garnered is in due part to the increased demands being put on browsers to process XML via AJAX techniques.
You can read further details on JSON in an article I recently wrote : JavaScript Object Notation ( JSON ) for Ajax Web services
Update : I wrote another article on the subject for BEA's Dev2Dev site, which is obviously more code focused: An Introduction to JSON
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Posted by Daniel at October 26, 2006 3:40 PM
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